High end furniture company takes inspiration from Windows Phone Live tiles

Los Angeles, California based furniture company Stanton True is now offering a series of tables, rugs, and seating options that are inspired by our Windows Phone Live Tiles. Stanton True focuses on the modern market specializing in bold, customizable furniture pieces.

The high end furniture company looked for pieces with a sophisticated, neatly designed layout that is functional as well as attractive. Not only did they draw inspiration from our Windows Phone Live Tiles but also Microsoft's three-screen approach. The style not be for everyone but you can see the Live Tile influence.

The collections are offered in a wide variety of colors, much like the colors choices we have with our Windows Phone themes. The furniture collection ranges in price from $250 to $1,400. The tile inspired rug will run you $110.

You can find the complete Stanton True collection here at StantonTrue.com. The full presser on the new furniture collection follows.

Thanks, Alan, for the tip!

LOS ANGELES, August 1, 2013 -- "A brand new furniture company is set to take the “modern” market by storm. Founded in 2011 in Los Angeles, Stanton True specializes in bold, forward- thinking, and customizable pieces as well as unique textiles. Seeking to distance themselves from the industry norm of mass-produced generic furniture, Stanton True boasts one-of-a-kind statement pieces designed by founder Dan Maddox. The pieces are sophisticated, neatly designed layout that’s functional as it is attractive, much like the user interface found in Microsoft’s three-screen approach.

Their ‘quality over quantity’ message is evident in the line’s production and precise finishing process. The company strives to deliver functional, high-end furniture to satisfy a wide range of clients and their individual needs. “We are a luxury brand characterized by our attention to detail, the standard of our production and our desire to work directly with clients,” says Maddox.

The initial launch includes live tiles-inspired tables, rugs featuring clean lines and geometrical shapes and a range of striking seating options available upholstered in a variety of colors and custom fabrics. The collection, retailing from $250 to $1400 is available now. You can check out the entire collection by visiting the company’s website: www.StantonTrue.com"

I know one demo that won't be buying these: parents of small children. Although when rounded rectangles return (after the Apple intellectual property rights expire on rounded rectangles) they'll be all over that.

Daniel seems to be defending this one post a TON.. I think the company is inspired by windows tiles (phone & os) and the reason for so much hate in this thread comes from nothing being "live" about the design - basically nothing to see here, carry on.

Is there a more iconic representation of minimalism in design today? I don't think you quite grasp how trends work in design with certain companies championing ones over others and becoming an iconic representation of it.

Regardless, there are trends and Microsoft has been riding the Swiss/Modern UI one arguably the most in the last few years, meaning they're popularizing a design theory that other companies are now picking up on.

I've seen tables that look like that long before "metro" was introduced with Zune. Not everything that's square and light blue is automatically metro. In fact, the square live tiles are a smaller part of the metro design language, the use of typography without chrome is a much bigger concept

Well, Microsoft didn't invent Metro, it's based off theories from the Swiss Movement in the 1960′s, so saying you've seen it "long before" means nothing. Even the name "Metro" was taken to mean metro station signage, which is where a lot of MS inspiration comes from (and Metro for MS predates Zune, it goes back to Media Center).

Regardless, it is Microsoft that is arguably bringing back principles in design that were popularized 50 years ago. Case in point with this company, who is flat out telling you that is where their inspiration is coming from.

There is no new design, just old concepts made popular again. In this case, it's Microsoft and this furniture company is picking up on it.

but again, that metro design language, which existed long before (they would always show signs from the 30s as exmamples in talks), is not about tiles, it's about less is more, using typography without chrome or borders.

Who are you to claim you know what influenced these designers? Sure, there are definitely other similar pieces in existence and the design may not be novel, but it seems astonishingly arrogant to presume you know what served as inspiration in the minds of others.